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loose, and when asked what he intended TO
do with il be replied 'Oh. | needed some
thing 10 take exercise with" why were
YOU SHARPENING it:' II was not sharpening
IL. l was trying TO write my name on tine
floor. ] tell you honestly, | did not aim 10
do anything but exercise with IL. What
could | do with ith you could use
it for various purposes %You don't
think meant to XIII myself with
itf' he said with a laugh, as the jailer
continued the search. mo, but you could
hit man a bad blow with it.n well, Ill
tell you, honestly, did not mean to hurt
anybody. II ! could not get out without
lnjuring somebody, would not try it, Be
sides, am chained, and if / were out of this
coll, could hardly get ont of the Jail. You
found the other fellows trick, " he continued,
laughingly, ''and now have found mine.
Yes, but there's something else said
Birdsong, that | cannot find. You have
got the best of me. Tom "Ha, Ina, ha,n
chuckled the prisoner; you're burning
Don't you know the old game we used
TO play of 'hide-the SWITCH while the
one who knew where the switch was would
keep saying 10 the searchers, you're hot
you're hotter you're burning up He, he,
he snickered the prisoner gleefully.
You're getting red hoti You're burning
up!' Maybe am, Tom, but | can't find
it," said the jailer after ransacking the cell
Pointing to the pistol in the jailer's pocket,
he observed: You see if l wasn't chained
I'd take that away from you" "a man
tried that once, Tom, and he will never for
get how badly he failed" Finally the
searching party left the cell, and came
down into the Office, where the jailer, his as
sistant and the reporters held brief consul
tation Finally they opened the rear door,
and started search of the yard. All felt
assured that he had the knife concealed
Looking up to the corner of the roof, a
bright idea struck the jailer There
is where it is" said he, land two
of you watch that window while ] go up
again" Voolfolk seemed in high spirits,
tried to sing stanZa Of Jesus Lover Of My
Soul. =" and the wild discordant jangle
mingled with the clank Of his chain. kept
him from noticing Birdsong till he was in
the cell again. The jailer walked immedi-
ately TO the window You're red hot this
time" said Tom, and as Birdsong raised the
window he felt the knife concealed on the
upper edge. Tom seemed very much
crestfallen. did not laugh as before,
but sullenly sat down. The knife
proved to be common double bladed one
and both blades were carefully notched 50
as to make a capital saw. With this and
that iron hook, Tom Voolfolk and probably
Ramage, intended to have cut his chain,
break the lock of the door, and the first OPP
portunity that offered they would have
made wild dash for freedom. Kitchen
may or may not have been in the plot He
is almost blind, but succeeded i'll breaking
out of the jail at SfcRae on a previous
occasion. Voolfolk will now be left alone,
rs nobody "ill be allowed in the cells near
him. He complained this evening that he
would be lonesome, but the jailer promised
TO visit him frequently.
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VhVI y AtFN Is7N,
Ordinance on its first reading:

ordnance on its first reading:
BY Committee on Streets and Lanes
AN ORnINANcE to extend the time in which the
track authorized 20 be laid under tho ordi-
nance passed IN Council January eth, 1885.
and amend ed January 18th, 1885, may be laid
The Mayor aud Aldermen of the city Of Sa.
vannab in Council assembled, do hereby ordain
AZ follows:
SECTION (. That the proyiso in the first sec
ton of the ordinance passed Ia Council January
T. 1896. entitled AN ordinance to permit the
Central Railroad and Banking Company OF
Georgia, the Ocean Steamship Company OF Sa-
vaunah, or such railroad corporation NOW eX-
listing or hereafter to be formed as the said last
named corporation may designate. 10 run a
track from the present system OF tracks on the
west side Of the savannah and Ogccchee canal
to Montgomery street, iD city OF savannah, and
thence along River street 10 the BlOo canal. &c he
and the same is hereby amended 50 rs 10 read
as follows. Provided the construction Of said
track shall be completed in six months from
the passage OF this ordinance.
SIC. =. That the said ordinance passed in
Council Jan. :. 1885, as amended by the ordi.
nance passed in Council Jan "a, 1885, be and the
same, as amended by the FIRST section Of this
ordinance is hereby re-enscted,
Ordinance read IN Council first time Novem.
Der End 1857, and published for information.
FRANK h. hEBARER. Clerk Of Council.
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SCHREINER'S IMPORT HOUSE.
BANKS.
y T IWs
$4,000
sa-as=ssi4sI .isss.--i-
OFFICIAL.
ORDINANCES.
ORDINANCE on rs first reading:


BY Gomittee on Streets and Lanes
Az ORpISANCE. To permit McDonOugh & Go. TO
build railroad track across Wheaton street.
SO as to connect the tracks OF the Savannah,
florida and Western Railway Company with
the lumber yard OF McDouough & Co.
SEcroN /. BE il ordained by the Mayor and
Aldermen OF the city of Savannah in Council as
Sembled That permission is hereby given the
firm Of NleDonough 4 Co. to connect the tracks
Of the Savannah, Florida and Western Railway
Company with the lumber yard of the said
McDmough & Go. heretofore known as HaN-
l,us' yard by means of a railroad track across
Wheaton street, between Liberty street and
Bilbo canal, to be used in the transportation
of lumber aud other merchandise provided
that the said track and three feet outside
of il shall be well paved on the said Wheaton
street; that said street shall not be obstrlcted
more than three minutes at q time by the cars
used or said track, and that the said Mayor and
Aldermen reserve the full right and power TO
further restrict and limit the use of the said
street. and 10 withdraw the permission herein
contained entirely.
SEQ =. BE it further ordained. That all ordi-
nances aud parts of ordinances in conflict with
this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Ordinance read in Council for the first time
November 2nd, 1887, and published for informa.
ton. FRANK l.. REBARER.
CLERK Of Council
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CUTICURA REMEDIES.
CCT1CURA REMEDIES.
ISCALY, ITCHY SKIN
And All Itching and Scaly Skin
and Scalp Diseases Cured
by Cuticura.

DSORIASIS, Ecgema, letter, Ringworm "a
L chen, Pruritus, Scald Head Milk Crusf
DandruT, BARRIERS, Bakers, Grocers and Wash.
erwomau's Itch, and every species of Itching.
Skin and Scalp with Loss of Hair, are
Instantly relieved and speedily cured
by CUTIcCRA, the great Skin Cure. and Curt
cURA SOAR, an exquisite Skin Beautifer. exter-
nally, and CCTIcUIlA REsoLvENT, the new Blood
Purifier, internally when physicians and all
other remedies fail.
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An Unprecedented Carear.

In its career Of over a third of a century
SOZODONT has scored a greater success
than any other preparation for the teeth
ever put upon any market. Its reputation
is realty not SltppOsjfjopsiy universal No
dentifrice compares with it.
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tickets on wharf and boat.
c. WILLIAMS, Agent.
PLANT STEAMSHIP LINE

Tampa. Key West, Havana.
SEHt-wEERLY.
S0UTH-BOUND.
Nv Tampa Monday and Thursday $50 u. m
Ar Key West Tuesday and Friday D. IN.
AR Havana Wednesday and Saturday a. M
NORTH BOUND
Nv Havana Wednesday and Saturday noon.
Lv Key West Wednesday and Saturday 10 n. m.
Az Tampa Thursday and Sunday y. m -
Connecting at Tampa with West India Fast
Train to and from Northern and Eastern cities.
For stateroom accommodations apply to City
Ticket Office S., r. n W. R'y, Jacksonville, or
Agent Plant Steamship Line, Tampa.
c. d. OWENS, Traffic Manager.
y. S. HAINES, General Manager.
MAY l. 1897
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PSORIASIS. OR sCALY SKIN.

I, John ]. Case, d. D. s., having practiced
dentistry in this county Tor thirtytive years and
being wellknoWn to thousands hereabOuts, with
a view to help any who are afflicted as / have
been for the past twelve years. testify that the
CCrfCURA REMEDIES cured me Of Psoriasis, or
Scaly Skin, in eight days, after tine doctors with
whom | had consulted gave me no help or en-
enlargement JOHN j. CASE. ID. D. s,
NEWTON n J.
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DISTRESSING ERUPTION.

Your CUTICURA REMEDIES performed a won
derful cure last summer on one of our custom
ers, an old gentleman OF seventy years of age
who suffered with a fearful distressing eruption
on his head and face, and who had tried all
remedies and doctors to no purpose.
j. +. SMITH & co.
TExARKANA, ARK
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G. Train No; l0t leaves Guyton $40 D. d. arrive,
Sleeping ears on all night trains ha.v,aa, q.
con and Columbus "iSo Ma
Il, Iran No 3, leaving Savannah at SD - ,,
VIII STOP regularly at Guytou, but az no ot5a,,
and AIillen. S@VannAa
Train No 4 will stop on signal at stations h0-
gers for Savannah vi paS0eh'
connections at Savannah with Savan,sh
florida and Western Railway for all roints -
Florida. - PointS 10
Tickets for all points and sleepinv car h...,..
on gale at City Office, No. 40 Bull STRAIT Sui
Depot Office 70 minutes before denar9S ur am
each train. EAOUIs OF
j. G. SHAW II rruAprrO,.
Ticket Agent C5an pas 49,.
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TExARKAYA, ARK.
''@@ DUSTPANFUL OF SCALES.

II. f. Carpenter, Henderson, y. Y, cured of
Psoriasis or Leprosy, Of twenty years standing,
by CUTIcuRA REMEDIES. The most wonderful
cure on record. A dustpanfu of scales fell
from him daily. Physicians and his friends
thought be must die
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Savannah, Florida & Western RAILWAY

tAll trains on this road are run by Centr.,
Standard T1nel -
TINE CARD IN EFFECT NOV II 1897
A Passenger trains on this road viii run daiyts
eS follows: 49, 'ur uaty
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Sold everywhere. Price: CUTIcURA, 50c.;
SOAP, &c; REsoLvENr, 81. Prepared by the
SEND FOR How TO Cure Skis DISEASES, - 81
pages 80 illustrations, and 100 testimonials.
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FLORIDA.

At Dade City business has frightened up
and everything is lively.
About 1000 pounds of fish are shipped
daily from Punta Gorda
Oranges are being shipped from Arcadia
IN large quantities Ali the groves we're
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RAILROADS.
.->--->~~>e~~--~ ---,>-~~-.s-~ -
$ G II z D u L E
CENTRAL RAILROAD.
RAILROADS

SAvASSAH. Ga, Oct. IA. tss,
nN and after this date PaSsenrar I,r.; lo%.
except Sunday. eoaly,
:. 5ne standard time, by which these trains ,,,.
Is % minutes slower than Savannah civ tiT.in'
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Charleston 4 Savannah Railway Co

CONNECTIONS made at Savannah with So
" vannsh, Florida and Western Railway.
Trains leave and arrive at Savannah by stand,
ard time Goth meridianl, which is 90 minutes
slower than city time
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Merchants and Miners Transportation Comfy.
For Baltimore.

THE STEAMSHIPS OF this COMPANY are an
Il pointed to sail from Savannah for Balti-
more as follows-city time:
wNt. LAWRENCE, Capt Snow, THURSDAY,
Nov. II, at S a. ".
WIN. CRANE, Capt. BILLuPs, TUESDAY, Nov.
p, at 12M
WM. LAWRENCE, Capt. Stow, MONDAY
Nov. -, at p. NJ
W1I. CRANE Capt. BILLUPs, SATURDAY,
Dec. 5, at $50 A. Is.
And from Baltimore on the days above named
at p. II.
Through bills lading given to all points West
all the manufacturing towns in New England
and 10 ports Of the United Kingdom and the
Continent.
JAS, B. WEST & co. Agents,
ia Bay street.
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FCZrNt RADTcArJY C,IrRFD

EC/EN1A RADICALLY GU RED.
For the radical cure of an obstinate case of
Eczema of long standing, give entire credit to
the CuTICURA REMEDIES.
E. B. RICHARDSON, New Haven, Conn.
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DIkdPLES, Blackheads, Chapped and Oily
i"' Skin prevented By CUTIcURA INDICATED
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JESUP EXPRESS.
3;fl p ~ Lv.. Savannah .Ar s.9aa m
o:lo M Az: .Jesup.. .Lv 6:25 M
steps at all regular and f.g stations
CONNECTIONS
At savannah for Charleston at 6:4s m, lar.
rive Augusta via YemaSsee at /: PM 1873
? m and S23 IN: for Augusta and Atlanta az
90 a M and $50 p m; With steamships
Tor New York Sunday, Tuesday and Friday; for
Boston Thursday; for Baltimore every fifth day.
AT JESlP for Brunswick at $3.50 M aud S:Ss
p M for Macon and Atlanta go N and li;O7
pm.
Al wAYCRossfo for Brunswick at 10000 mana
5.05 p m.
At. CALLAHAN for Fernandina at 2:4Y n.
for Waldo, Cedar Key, Ocala, etc at 1I:27 q N.
AT LIVE OAK for Madison, Tallahassee, et0.
at l0:5S q III and 7:30 D m
AtGAfNESYILLEfor Ocaia, TayureS Brooks.
vile and Tampa at 1858 a m.
At ALBANY for Atlanta, Macon, Montgon
cry. Mobile, New Orleans, Nashville, eto.
At CHATrAHOOCHEE for Pensacola, Mobils,
New Orleans at 4:l4 p M.
Tickets sold and sleeping car berths secured
at BltEN'S Ticket Ofice, and at the Passengsf
station.
WIZ. p. HARDEE, Gen Pass Agent
r, G. FLEMING Superintendent
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-I,'WpIh'I %:VV ?. M TO p. M TOO p NJ.
Every Monday morning there will be a train
for Mont goulerY at ZOO a. ~
saturday and Sundays trains Will be run
leaving city at S:25 p. NJ, and returning leave
Montgomery at 500 p. IN. and Isle Of Hope at
$50 y. n.
TThis train will be omitted Sundays
Ton Saturdays this train leaves city at
7:30 p. IN. j. IL. JOHNSTON.
President.
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LEAVE ARRIVE LEAVE ISLE LEAVE
CITY cry. OF HOPE. MONTGOMERY
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SOUTHWARK.


TSundRys only. 40, r.,
Train 10. rs makes no connection Win To-
ROYAL and Augusta Railway, aud stops only 81
Rldgeland, Green Pond and RaveneL Tram ~
stops ouly at Yemassee and Green Pond, snJ
connects for Beaufort and Port Royal daily, az
for Allendae daily, except Sunday Trans -
and 66 connect from and for Beaufort and F0''
Royal daily. sn
Tor tickets, sleeping car reservations anp ana ~
other information apply TO WI bhH al
Special Ticket Agent, 10 Bull street, and ~
Charleston and savannah railway ticket QUIZ, our
at Savannah, Florida ami Western kAilS"'
depot G. S. GADSDEN' supp
JrNEG 1887.
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WEST INDIA FAST MAN..
PLANT STEANIsHIP IIN

AI1-A4'A D1I4alIoIIIF LINE
Monday and - IT, {Tbur, 49,.
Thurs. p m w. Tampa ''A SIM rs
Tuesday and A.. , Wad "a "a
Friday. p m Ar''Aey Nest''LV (Sat n AM NJ
Wednes. and 4. w. ! Wed ana
Sat......a NJ "a - 'haf ana .LV SAT nooa
Pullman buffet cars to and from New Yoriss
and Tamna ~" -S'@
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1925 a. m. S:4oa. IN. S:15 q. IA. $50 a, m.
fTO0pIn 200 p. m. 1880 p. NJ 100 p. N,
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FLORIDA

4;V4 m II .Chattahoochee. .Lv II 40 m
Pullman buffet cars 10 and from Jacksonville
and New York, to and from Jacksonville and
New Orleans via Pensacola
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Train nm, No q leaves Savannah 400 n \;
fassSngers Tor Sylvaula, Wrirh,sx,r. ,,.
'nS-SeV'ne ana Eatonton should take zig a MI
-, Passengefs9Ssr ,rhomaston, carroltop pe,,v
and Clayton should take the SsAp-r m trsis
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ALBANY EXPRESS

HUFFMAN bllffet cars 60 aud from Jacksonvlls
and 81 Louis via Townsville. Albany, Mont.
aomery and Nashville.
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Investment Securities.
FOLLOWING 10 . partial list OF per cent Rssl
Estate Mortgages on hand today, to which vs
ssll attention Of July investors. 6smi-annusl
interest paid at this Office on days whom due:
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From that evening ! turned my back ou
the hateful little type writer. and have
never touched key since. Insioad OF
looking out upon the great Brooklyn
bridge. With its ceasoless panorama Of
cars, wagons aud human beings. new
look ont from cottage situated about
midway between Mrs S.anleys and my
own mothers upon the loved hills and
charming landscapes where as Girl was
happy and where as a grown woman ]
knew my lrsl sorrow, bu. where | now
know the world ms ] have never known II
before bright, sunny, musical, cloudless
aud serene
l write all OF Johns letters now but
not with type writer. aud he always
pays me for my labor in the same enrren.
ey, which is legal tender in our house, as
that be pronered me for the FIRST letter
penned for him. Aud when / tell my
newer friends that ! was huggod by a
grizzly bear and they manifest incredulity |
l bring out Johns old Leadville coat. and
they laugh,
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Cigarette Smoking

One of the most abominable habits
which person can acquire is that OF
cigarette smoking. Those who are ad-
dicted TO il not only iDjure their health
more tbao they realize, but they also rem
der themselves unpleasant TO a. nost every
one whom they meet while practising IT,
for not one person In q hundred likes the
smell OF cigarette. and 10 the majority o.
people 1t is simply iutoierable The gem
eral impression IL that cigarettes are
harmless. whereas they are potent source
Of evil. They are 80 dry. the nicotine is
thrown oil the moment the tobacco begins
to burn, aud The smoke being inhaled and
coming In cOutact with the delicate lining
Of the sir passages, the poison 10 at once
absorbed. and produces sn immediate
"a q which ia felt even 10 the tips Of the
fingers The sensation which follows is
Que VI the ennui. indolenee aud muscular
hebelule. which soon becomes burden
somc unless tue stimulation is renewed
and prolonged by iresb cigarette. or
the two The young man Of the perioi and
the laborer with bis d. 7. pipe loaded
with plug tobacco the latter shows tie
mgst senss. for be iDiares his health the
least by lis indulgence, aud certainly he
eau be 90 more obnoxious TO his beigbbor
than the cigarette smoker. - Doasoa Jgiyad
NJ IiaaA
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VOLUME XXVll.

'oh. Yea
And did bis work promptly aud accu
fa'ely with only hall help enoushY"
YES, that's so.
"and he has been dong i, for ,wcn,y
years, hasn't hcS"
Yes, but be dii't vote cur ticket"
THAT remiads mel have jast dis
charged our cook.
what Why, she has been With MS
ever sincs We were married.; she va.
trained by my mother aud krew every pc.
euliarily Of taste We have, there never was
saoh girl, aud yon have been the envy Of
every woman 10 town.
Yea. but her complexion doesn't match
our new furnitura
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A Word About Sports.

suppose tDat never was nation, rae
or people since first the earth was made
that did not have girls and boys who no
only loved play but did play, and with
will. The Eskimos OF the frozen north
the Tupinambras Of the Brazilian pampas
the gamins OF the Paris streets, the boy
and girls Of London, aud Boston and New
York have in their nature one kindred III
tho love Of sport,
There is nothing new under the sun
said the wise man, and, especially is there
nothing new in youthful games. Arch@.
ologists find well beloved dolls in Egyp-
iian pyramids and on prehistoric tombs
the name Of popular ball club wa,
found scrawled upon the outer wall ol
Pompeiian houses, and one OF the most
exciting matches on record was the one,
stubbornly fought. between the rival mines
Of Montezuma. King Of Mexico, and Nezs.
hual-pilli, izin Of Tezcuco. The boys OF
ancient Greece and Rome played at whip
top and quoits and base ball, and pitch.
penny, and blind mans buff, and hide and
seek and jack stones and follow my leader
just as do the boys Of today; the girls were
expert at see saw, aud swinging and dane
lug and grace hoops and dice throwing
and ball play and, in Sparta, even ut run
ming, wrestling and leaping Toboggau-
ing is as old as ice aud snow, and when
you play at cherry pits you are only doing
what Nero, and Commodus, and young
Themistocles did ages ago in Rome and
Athens.
SO, whatever the age or wherever the
cline, the boys and girls Of the world
have always lived more for play than any
thing else, and however harsh or hard
their surroundings, however stern and
strict their fathers and their mothers, they
always found and always made the most
OF the time for play and, more than any
other season, the time for summer sports
These sports today are fast reducing
themselves into as many sciences, over
weighted with rules and restrictions that
often take the real play element from
them and make them unyielding and Sc
date as q problem in algebra.
Now while rules and restrictions are
undoubtedly necessary there is such a
thing as going too far and, am inclined
to believe that the boys and girls prefer TO
follow the cast-iron "club rules" or the
"league rules" only TO the verge Of least
ironness" and make their sport, il less alb
solute, at least more jolly. There is no
fun in making our sport a matter OF life
and death.
know grown people who in these days
Of prizs.giviDg in ell manner OF games,
centre their whole desires not Oh the fun
OF the game, but on the prizes offered.
They really seem as disappointed il they
do not carry off trophy as IL they had
met with some serious loss Let us take
our fun with Jollity or not at all. Interes'
is one thing, and irrltability is quite an
,tber. --EFBmDoE S. Brooks, in August
Vide Auake.
Vide Aoahe for August has an illus.
Irated article on Summer Sports that all
young people will be glad to see; another
% Concord for patriots; stories by Charle'
b E1bert Crsddock, and several others;
many minor papers OF serious value.
You can get specimen copy by sending
i've cents TO ID. Lothrop Company, Boston.
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well, the coaairy 4 safe al las' Col.
Goright bas been kicked out u the poat-
Office, said the political boes
"Wby. didn't he tend 10 his daliesy
qusried bis vile.
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THE LEBEL GUS. If the accounts which
come across the water are true, the new
rifle adopted by the French government
aud known by the namo OF its inventor,
Lebel, is wonderful illustration OF mod
ern progress in fire arms. II is described
as smaller aud lighter than the rifles now
in use-the French soldiers call IL the
little gun aud M having carrying
power beyound that Of any rifle heretofore
in use. According to accounts the Lebei
gun will carry its bullet more than mile
and half, and with more certain aim
than has been possible with ordinary rifles.
The bore Of the gun Is very small and
the ball which is OF steel and sharply
pointed, reyolyes at speed Of 1000 reyo-
lutions a second. Ia the tests made by
the French government this bullet has
penetrated brick wall eight inches thick
at 500 yards; it will go through any kind
Of armor that can be worn by soldiers.
and at distance OF more than mile will
pass through man as easily M at ten
PAGES The gun has no reeoil under fire.
aud the powder used, which is new and
secret compound, gives out DO smoke
whatever. The Lebel gun is, Of course,
repeater, and the cartridges are so small
that each soldier carries 220 rounds Of
ammunition, as llG rounds, formerly con
sidered the maximum. The French gov
ernmeni is now making these guns at the
rate Of 800 day, aud Is preparing to turn
out double that number